Building construction



vCJ. F. ABRLE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed larch 3L 1924 Sept. 1, 1925.

f citizen of Germany,residing..at thecity of f Patented Sept. l, 1925.

UNITEDQsT-ATES Vr,-Aralaror-fruta.

CARI.Y r. ABERLE, or srfLoUIs, MISSOURI.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Applicatie@ nieaivrarch 31, 1924. serial no voaiil.

To all t concern. d. l L Y ,Be it known that. I, CARI. F.V ABERLE, a

structure ,having an inner and outer wall the flanges 3 and extending surface with intermediate air passages throughout the length andheight of the wall, thereby providing for the'elimination of moisture accumulating within the wall structure.'

Another object of vide a wall composed ofa plurality of units so arranged that, the units forming thelongitudinal length ofthe wall are of duplicate construction,having special units at the terminals rand at the minimizing the cost of manufacture of the units. l A

Additional advantagesY of the invention will be apparentV from the detailed descrip-V tion thereof, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the wall structure illustrating the assembly of two layers of units. Y n Fig. 2 is a plan view of a single layer of assembled units.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an isometric view of a single side wall unit.

The main body of the wall is formed fromV duplicate units illustrated particularly in Fig. 4, it being understood that this unit is used both for the inner andouter wall on the longitudinal stretches thereof. The unit is formed of any suitable plastic material and includes a wall 1, said wall being provided at its upper portion with a ledge 2. At each end ofthe wall 1 is a flange 3 extending at right angles from the wall, said flange having a tapering inner surface and a flat end surface. Intermediate backwardly at right angles from the Wall 1 is a flange 4.

Construction, of which the the invention is to prolcorners only, thereby The ends of the' wall 1 have channels 5 formed therein.

- The outer corner unit is formed withianguiar matching' walls 6 and 7, the Wall G being of a greater length than the` wall 7, and thewall G'ha-ving an inwardlyextending flange 8 similar to the flanges 4 for: the sidewallunits. The inner corner'sections are `the same as the side wall sections, with the exception that the vwall 1 is notrextended for the full length of the side wall unit butV is cut oftin respect of the corner section 9 at a point just beyond the flange 4 and in respect of the section l0 at a point approximately at the intersection of the inner face of the flange 3 with said wall 1. With the exceptionof the special terminal units 11 a rectangularwall may be completely con'- structed by utilizing the small numberof units as above described.'

ln Fig. wall structure are illustrated. rlhe shaded portion of the drawing shows kthe `under layer which is isolated and shown alone in F ig. 2. From these views the manner in which the units ent. The corner n'iembers in each layer are reversed in respect of each other. The side wall units are connected with the corner members in such way that the inner and outer wall units are arranged in staggered relationship. t will be noted that as the side wall units are placed end to end the flat walls of the flanges 3 match each other and form together inwardly extending ped` estais, vand also that intermediate these pedestals are the pedestals formed by the flanges 4 and 8. As the pedestals thus formed` alternate or are in staggered relationship in the inner and outer walls, and also in staggered relationship in the adjacent layers, provision is made for the pedes tals oi/'erlying each other when the units are assembled. The units are vset up in mort-ar or cement, cement being utilized at all adjacent joints. The wall thus provided has great strength, as it is crosstied through the agency of the matching pedestals in the inner and outer wall of the separate layers, at the same time providing a continuous air passage throughout the length and height of the wall and permitting sufficient air cir@ culation to prevent accumulation of moisture in the wall structure.

It will be noted by reference to Fig. 3 that the ledges 2, which are formed in the 1 twocourses or layers of the are laid is clearly appary vertical face of all of the units, extend in Wardly'a slight distance from the plane of the adjacent edge of the matching` unit. This provides 'for the support of the binding material, effecting a better joint between the matched units.

I ain aware that the construction may be lnodiiied in certain particulars Without departing` .trein the spirit and scope thereof.

That I claiin and desire to secure by Let.- tcrs Patent is Y A wall comprising spaced inner and outer Wall acings each composed of a series ot superimposed blocks breaking joint respectively, abutting projections on the ends ot the blocks of each facing extending` toward CARL F. ABERLE. 

